This free app may be just what you've been looking for to quickly share files with your customers and mobile staff.

Written by Arpeggio Software

Have you ever wanted to share files on Dropbox directly from your IBM i? If so, you'll find this TechTip quite useful. This article shows you how to connect to a Dropbox account to send and receive files using a free tool called ARP-DROP. ARP-DROP has many potential uses including saving/managing encrypted data backups, replacing unsecure FTP servers for file exchanges, sharing information with internal employees to access from smartphones and tablets, and sharing reports with customers.

iPDF is a free, open-source toolset developed by Orati Systems Ltd. for the creation of PDF documents from *SCS spool files using iText 2.1.7, an open-source Java library (developed by Bruno Lowagie, Paulo Soares, and others) that allows you to create and manipulate PDF documents.

iPDF is used by thousands of companies and has been incorporated into the MMAIL product created by Giovanni Perotti at easy400.net.

Learn the color printing capabilities that are available "out of the box" on IBM i.

Written by Michael Sansoterra

SNA Character Stream (SCS) printer files produce output that is as exciting as watching grass grow. Advanced Function Presentation (AFP) printer files are better, thanks to features provided by the BARCODE, BOX, COLOR, FONT, and other keywords. But did you know that AFP printer files also allow color elements to be printed on an HP-compatible color laser printer or included automatically in a PDF? This article will address the features the average shop can already utilize without buying anything special.

If you've been tasked with putting together a secure FTP process for exchanging files with a partner or a remote location, then this TechTip will save you many days of work. A new, free tool from Arpeggio Software will make it very easy for you to fully automate any sFTP task, with built-in recovery, using only one CL program, and it can be fully implemented in minutes. Best of all, you won't need to worry about PASE and parsing error codes because this solution is all native.

Learn how to set up iSeries Access to create PDF print-screen booklets.

Written by Jan Jorgensen

In December, Sam Lennon wrote a useful TechTip about iSeries Access. It made me remember a problem I had to solve for a customer who wanted to do some printing but did not want to spend a lot of money having me create a program.

The customer wanted to have some "print screens" of a subfile list from iSeries Access. He wanted multiple copies, and he wanted to export them to some kind of office package. The solution needed to be easy for the user, and it needed to be inexpensive (downright cheap actually), but besides that, he had no real demands.

IBM's free Lotus Symphony office suite makes a case for a nice, lightweight office program to replace, or use in conjunction with, OpenOffice and Microsoft Office.

Written by Max Hetrick

IBM has been around the document-processing field for a very long time. Almost everyone has heard of, or even used at one time, the IBM Lotus SmartSuite or Lotus Notes programs. Lotus was acquired by IBM in the mid to late 1990s and has grown into a pretty common business office platform.

Paper, paper everywhere! Managing the paper generated by the System i has always been a challenge. Typically, that task falls on the person responsible for manually collating and distributing report segments and other printed output. Over time, companies have tried different ways to route printed output—from creating a broader set of output queues to using processes that automatically fax reports. Some of these approaches still exist and even have their place in certain situations. Unfortunately, these types of solutions don't address the demands placed on IT departments today.

Your applications deserve more than just a new look! Change the perception of the IBM i as “old” with modern development tips from IBM and Profound Logic Software.Watch as Barbara Morris, Brian May and Alex Roytman dive beneath the GUI surface to show the benefits of:

Working with free-format RPG in IBM i TR7

Breaking free from “The Cycle” of traditional RPG development

Going beyond the 10 character limit in display and database files

And more!

You'll also see a live demonstration of these techniques as the presenters create a modern web application before your eyes!

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